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Project Update: The Nordic 'Civil Wars' in the High Middle Ages in a Comparative Perspective

CAS Oslo fellows talk about redefining Nordic medieval civil wars in light of conflicts from other regions and time periods.

30.01.2018

Project Update: SynSem: From Form to Meaning -- Integrating Linguistics and Computing

CAS Oslo fellows discuss their work on bridging the gap between computational and theoretical linguistics.

15.01.2018

Project Update: Molecules in Extreme Environments

CAS Oslo fellows give an update on their work to push the boundaries of theoretical chemistry.

22.11.2017

Are There 'Good' Civil Wars?

CAS Oslo fellows involved in the research project 'The Nordic "Civil Wars" in the High Middle Ages in a Comparative Perspective' debate whether some civil wars can have positive consequences -- and whether they should even be called civil wars.

03.11.2017

Researching Something That Does Not Exist

Extreme chemistry may sound exciting to work with, but for most of us it can be very hard to grasp what researchers in such fields are actually working on. This is especially true if they are looking into the composition and properties of elements that do not exist on Earth.

08.09.2017

Meet the Group Leaders: Trygve Ulf Helgaker

Chemistry normally deals with the predictable behaviour of matter – how atoms form molecules, and how the molecules react when introduced to one another. But how do those same molecules behave in unpredictable conditions? Trygve Ulf Helgaker, professor of theoretical chemistry at the University of Oslo, is aiming to find out.

04.09.2017

Meet the Group Leaders: Dag Trygve Truslew Haug and Stephan Oepen

Today nearly everyone walks around with a device capable of translating the world’s major languages. But where some see opportunity, Dag Trygve Truslew Haug and Stephan Oepen, professors of classics and informatics, respectively, at the University of Oslo, see limitations.

28.08.2017

Meet the Group Leaders: Hans Jacob Orning and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson

War! What is it good for?
Absolutely something, according to Hans Jacob Orning and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, professors of history at the University of Oslo.

11.08.2017

Resistant bacteria threaten future implants

According to the YoungCAS researchers, the future risk of infection in implants may be too high for some surgical procedures to be carried out, but they also believe there is a better solution.

01.08.2017

How can you and I prevent antibiotic resistance?

– It is not like a disease, such as Ebola or swine influenza virus (SIV), but antibiotic resistant bacteria are spreading around the world like an invisible pandemic; it will cause big problems the day they make us sick and we do not have antibiotics that work.